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Disneyland Dream

Everything that a regular American kid can take for granted, an orphan child from abroad accepts with such a delicate unbelief and such an overwhelming happiness that he or she can be compared to a stunned Cinderella who appeared at the palace for a ball for the very first time.

Adoption Ark, with help of supporting organizations, wonderful volunteers and generous American families, was able to make a dream come true – the children from a Ukrainian orphanage were able to have a Dream vacation and at the last day of their 3-week stay in California visited Disneyland. It was a real highlight of their stay, the wonderful finale of Dream Vacation 2004.

This summer program was a success: the children had fun, they swam, learned some basic English, played at the beach, visited LA, visited some California attractions, received many presents, made many friends and of course had so many memories that will last their lifetimes. The day in Disneyland was their last day in the USA. This day, Thursdays, August 5th, with rides and slides, with sings and drinks, was a blast for Sergey and Ania, for Andrey and Denis, for Olia and Vita, for Ylia and Bogdan, for all these children who were enjoying their childhood with all these funny, quick, scary, exciting attractions: Mad Tea Party, Haunted Mansion, Dumbo the Flying Elephant and others.

At the end of the exciting day, some children went to a hotel to sleep and some were brave enough to wait for a Disney’ Character’s Parade and for the exiting Firework! Look at this kid – Sergey, he was so exited, his eyes were full of shining stars of the firework. It was a memorable day. The next day was full of tears for all of us – the children went home, to their orphanage. We hope to see them again!

Now, Adoption Ark is hosting another group of orphans, from Russia. We ask for your generous help. Please help us collect money for the Disneyland tickets. On your donations, please write: “for a child’s ticket to Disneyland”. We want Russian orphans to have a blast and a memory that they will not forget forever!

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